9-letter words containing r, e, t, i, c, n
- certosina — a technique of inlaying light-colored material, as bone, ivory, metal, or pale wood, in elaborate designs on a dark ground.
- chantries — Plural form of chantry.
- chin rest — a device fixed to the top of a violin or viola to provide a firm rest for the player's chin.
- chondrite — a stony meteorite consisting mainly of silicate minerals in the form of chondrules
- christens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of christen.
- christine — a feminine name: dim. Chris, Chrissie, Tina; var. Christina, Christy
- cinctured — Simple past tense and past participle of cincture.
- cinctures — Plural form of cincture.
- cinerator — an incinerator.
- circinate — (of part of a plant, such as a young fern) coiled so that the tip is at the centre
- cisternae — Plural form of cisterna.
- cithaeron — a mountain range in SE Greece: sacred to Dionysus, in Greek mythology. to 4623 feet (1409 meters).
- citizenry — The people living in a country, state, or city can be referred to as the citizenry.
- claretian — a member of the “Congregation of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary,” founded in Spain in 1849, and devoted chiefly to missionary work.
- clarinets — Plural form of clarinet.
- coinherit — To inherit together with other or others; to be one of the inheritors.
- cointreau — a colourless liqueur with orange flavouring
- comintern — short for Communist International: an international Communist organization founded by Lenin in Moscow in 1919 and dissolved in 1943; it degenerated under Stalin into an instrument of Soviet politics
- confiteor — a prayer consisting of a general confession of sinfulness and an entreaty for forgiveness
- confiture — a confection, preserve of fruit, etc
- container — A container is something such as a box or bottle that is used to hold or store things in.
- continuer — One who, or that which, continues.
- contrived — If you say that something someone says or does is contrived, you think it is false and deliberate, rather than natural and not planned.
- contriver — to plan with ingenuity; devise; invent: The author contrived a clever plot.
- contrives — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contrive.
- corneitis — an inflammation of the cornea
- cornetist — a person who plays the cornet
- coroutine — (programming) A piece of code that performs a task, and that can be passed new input and return output more than once.
- corrigent — (in a medicine) an ingredient that negates a side effect of another ingredient
- corseting — Present participle of corset.
- cortisone — Cortisone is a hormone used in the treatment of arthritis, allergies, and some skin diseases.
- cottering — Present participle of cotter.
- countries — a state or nation: What European countries have you visited?
- cowritten — to coauthor.
- craniates — Plural form of craniate.
- crankiest — Superlative form of cranky.
- cratering — the process in which many craters are formed on a surface, as on a moon
- creations — The action or process of bringing something into existence.
- crediting — Present participle of credit.
- cremating — Present participle of cremate.
- cremation — to reduce (a dead body) to ashes by fire, especially as a funeral rite.
- crenation — any of the rounded teeth or the notches between them on a crenate structure
- crepitant — to make a crackling sound; crackle.
- crestings — Plural form of cresting.
- cretinise — make (someone) a cretin
- cretinism — a condition arising from a deficiency of thyroid hormone, present from birth, characterized by dwarfism and learning difficulties
- cretinize — to cause (a person) to be a cretin or cretinous
- cretinoid — a person suffering from cretinism.
- cretinous — If you describe someone as cretinous, you think they are very stupid.
- criminate — to charge with a crime; accuse